JP Morgan Chase Faces Criminal and Civil Investigations

It’s been nearly five years since the housing market suffered its catastrophic collapse, and new mortgage fraud charges are still being filed against the big banks responsible for most of the disastrous subprime mortgages and the widespread foreclosure abuses that...

Make Leases Work for You

A good lease or rental agreement is a landlord/investor’s friend. But although property owners invest time and resources in getting properties ready for occupancy and screening tenants carefully, when the time comes to seal the deal, they resort to a lease agreement...

Rental Insurance Protects Investors

You’ve worked hard to start building wealth with rental income property. You’ve followed Jason Hartman’s recommendations to educate yourself, diversify and take out a fixed rate mortgage, and now you’re ready to get rent-paying tenants into your new investment. But...

It’s Been a Bad Week for Vladimir Putin

It’s not been the best of weeks for Russian President Vladimir Putin. First, he received a public snub from Barack Obama when the latter canceled a planned one-on-one meeting between the two world leaders at the upcoming G-20 summit in St. Petersburg. Each side rushed...

Tread Carefully Where Hard Money Lenders are Concerned

First, a definition. A hard money lender is one that makes short-term loans using the value of the real estate as collateral rather than the borrower’s ability to repay based on personal income or assets. Expect to pay a higher interest rate since these types of loans...